SOCIETY, SPECIAL
Toilet and school, still a dream for Musahars
Toilet and school, still a dream for Musahars
SARLAHI, Feb 14: Ramkali Devi, 65, and her husband Shaheb Majhi, 70 had a dream. Locals of Babargunj, they wanted a toilet for their big family. However, the couple now thinks that their dream would not come true. “In fact, it is not for us.
Feb 14, 2017
POLITICS
AIG Pokharel appointed as acting IGP
AIG Pokharel appointed as acting IGP
KATHMANDU, Feb 14: The government has decided to appoint AIG Dinesh Chandra Pokharel as acting Inspector General of Nepal Police by amending a provision of the existing Police Act.
Feb 14, 2017
POLITICS
Process to activate Rs 21b NRA fund starts
Process to activate Rs 21b NRA fund starts
KATHMANDU, Feb 14: In a bid to make the National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) autonomous, the government has finally initiated the process to formulate modality to mobilize the money collected in the authority's reconstruction fund.
Feb 14, 2017
SOCIETY
Families of Kotbada victims still await justice
Families of Kotbada victims still await justice
DHADING, Feb 14: On Saturday, Tara Air successfully conducted a test flight at the airfield at Kotbada in Kalikot district, but the families of 35 laborers who were shot dead there by the Nepal Army during the Maoist insurgency are still waiting for justice.
Feb 14, 2017
OPINION
The weak link
The weak link
General media users and audiences are still viewed largely in the nineteenth century mentality filtered through “letters to the editor”
Feb 14, 2017
POLITICS
TU rector's vehicle set on fire
TU rector's vehicle set on fire
KATHMANDU, Feb 14: A vehicle used by Tribhuvan University (TU) rector Sudha Tripathi was set on fire by unidentified persons in Lalitpur on Monday.
Feb 14, 2017
POLITICS
Petition demands implementation of LLRC report
Petition demands implementation of LLRC report
KATHMANDU, Feb 14: A writ petition has been filed at the Supreme Court demanding immediate implementation of the local level restructuring commission's report.
Feb 14, 2017
SOCIETY
Parcels stuck during Indian blockade finally reach Nepal
Parcels stuck during Indian blockade finally reach Nepal
BIRGUNJ, Feb 14: The 134 days of protest by the Madhes-based parties about one and a half years ago had not only affected business and enterprise but also left parcels and important paperwork entering Nepal from India and other countries stuck on the other side of the border.
Feb 14, 2017
Editorial
22 years later
22 years later
How would one look back to 1996, the year when CPN (Maoist) (now fragmented into multiple splinter groups), launched insurgency against the state?
Feb 14, 2017
POLITICS
UMDF snubs meeting with govt taskforce
UMDF snubs meeting with govt taskforce
KATHMANDU, Feb 14: Agitating Madhes-based parties have boycotted the meeting with a government taskforce formed to recommend suggestions to address the demand for revisions in the local units delineations mainly in Province 2.
Feb 14, 2017